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Alcohol3 quotes
It's amazing how our attitude on alcohol changes, right? Cause even as a teenager you know it's wrong. You're like, "You know, I don't like the taste of it, but I want to look cool." And then in your twenties you're like, "You know what, this kinda gives me confidence to talk to the opposite sex." Then in your forties you're like, "You know what, this is the only thing I like about being alive." — Jim Gaffigan · 2014We go to bars so we can behave like children, toddlers, really. You ever go to a bar at 2am? You might as well be picking up a kid at nursery school. — Jim Gaffigan · 2014Really the only time to ever drink a shot is never. No one's ever drank a shot and then done something they're proud of. — Jim Gaffigan · 2014Nature of life2 quotes
Oh yeah, life goes on long after the thrill of livin' is gone. — John Mellencamp · 1982Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans. — Allen Saunders · 1957Aging1 quote
Oh! the old swimmin' hole! When I last saw the place,
The scenes was all changed, like the change in my face. — James Whitcomb Riley · 1883Animals1 quote
The Dodo never had a chance. He seems to have been invented for the sole purpose of becoming extinct and that was all he was good for. — William Cuppy · 1941Athens and Jerusalem1 quote
The fundamental fact about the Greek was that he had to use his mind. The ancient priests has said, "Thus far and no farther. We set the limits to thought." The Greeks said, "All things are to be examined and called into question. There are no limits set to thought." — Edith Hamilton · 1930Bad decisions1 quote
Really the only time to ever drink a shot is never. No one's ever drank a shot and then done something they're proud of. — Jim Gaffigan · 2014Bars1 quote
We go to bars so we can behave like children, toddlers, really. You ever go to a bar at 2am? You might as well be picking up a kid at nursery school. — Jim Gaffigan · 2014Being present1 quote
Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans. — Allen Saunders · 1957Books1 quote
The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal tendency-the belief that the here and now is all there is. — Allan Bloom · 1987Community1 quote
The real community of man, in the midst of all the self-contradictory simulacra of community, is the community of those who seek the truth, of the potential knowers... Of all men to the extent they desire to know. But in fact, this includes only a few, the true friends, as Plato was to Aristotle at the very moment they were disagreeing about the nature of the good... They were absolutely one soul as they looked at the problem. This, according to Plato, is the only real friendship, the only real common good. It is here that the contact people so desperately seek is to be found. — Allan Bloom · 1987Connecting with others1 quote
The real community of man, in the midst of all the self-contradictory simulacra of community, is the community of those who seek the truth, of the potential knowers... Of all men to the extent they desire to know. But in fact, this includes only a few, the true friends, as Plato was to Aristotle at the very moment they were disagreeing about the nature of the good... They were absolutely one soul as they looked at the problem. This, according to Plato, is the only real friendship, the only real common good. It is here that the contact people so desperately seek is to be found. — Allan Bloom · 1987Custom and convention1 quote
In olden days, a glimpse of stocking
Was looked on as something shocking,
But now, God knows,
Anything goes. — Cole Porter · 1934Downsides of patriotism1 quote
Patriotism, as I see it, is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles. — George Jean Nathan · 1931Extinction1 quote
The Dodo never had a chance. He seems to have been invented for the sole purpose of becoming extinct and that was all he was good for. — William Cuppy · 1941Falling in love1 quote
Birds do it, bees do it,
Even educated fleas do it.
Let's do it, let's fall in love. — Cole Porter · 1928Flings1 quote
It was great fun,
But it was just one of those things. — Cole Porter · 1935Freedom1 quote
Freedom is an indivisible word. If we want to enjoy it, and fight for it, we must be prepared to extend it to everyone, whether they are rich or poor, whether they agree with us or not, no matter what their race or the color of their skin. — Wendell Willkie · 1943Freedom of thought1 quote
The most successful tyranny is not the one that uses force to assure uniformity but the one that removes the awareness of other possibilities. — Allan Bloom · 1987How to behave1 quote
Hello babies. Welcome to earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you've got about a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies- "God damn it, you've got to be kind." — Kurt Vonnegut · 1965Ignorance of history1 quote
The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal tendency-the belief that the here and now is all there is. — Allan Bloom · 1987Kindness1 quote
Hello babies. Welcome to earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you've got about a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies- "God damn it, you've got to be kind." — Kurt Vonnegut · 1965Life1 quote
Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans. — Allen Saunders · 1957Man and the universe1 quote
You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. — Max Ehrmann · 1933Moral decline1 quote
In olden days, a glimpse of stocking
Was looked on as something shocking,
But now, God knows,
Anything goes. — Cole Porter · 1934One night stand1 quote
It was great fun,
But it was just one of those things. — Cole Porter · 1935Outsiders and outcasts1 quote
Years ago I recognized my kinship with all living beings, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on earth. I said then, and I say now, while there is a lower class I am in it, while there is a criminal element I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free. — Eugene Debs · 1918Overton window1 quote
The most successful tyranny is not the one that uses force to assure uniformity but the one that removes the awareness of other possibilities. — Allan Bloom · 1987Patriotism1 quote
Patriotism, as I see it, is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles. — George Jean Nathan · 1931Political power1 quote
It is for us... To inquire constantly and persistently, when theories of national power or states' rights are propounded: "What interests are behind them and to whose advantage will changes or the maintenance of old forms accrue?" By refusing to do this we become victims of history-clay in the hands of its makers. — Charles A. Beard · 1935Political progress1 quote
When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong. The minority are right. — Eugene Debs · 1918